The don't normally show Big Brother USA as it clashes with our BB but because of the writers strike they pushed it forwards. I have seen the USA BB once before and found it bizarre, it is much less about human relationships, love interests and shopping lists, and much more about climbing over everyone in the house to WIN! It really is a gameshow.
Their Davina is a freakish woman, little sticks for arms, and a ginomous head. She could be any age from 25 to 50. She is in the show a LOT, unfortunately. The twist this year (there's always a bloody twist isn't there?) is that the people in the house have to couple up and compete in pairs- chosen by BB naturally. The other twist is that there is one couple who are already going out with each other but have to keep it a secret... and they have been paired up with other people. The final twist is one couple are ex boyfriend and girlfriend, hate each other and have been paired together. These twist are actually quite interesting, unlike the absolute crap our producers cobble together (women only, anyone?)
Not too sure what to make of the people yet, there are two gay guys who seem OK. The secret couple seem alright as well although it's all a bit temptation island-ish, they have to sleep in the same bed as another person! I think the guy will get super jealous.
There is also this 'older' woman, who looked damn good for her age but turned out to be a completely shallow, mean-spirited bitch. Upon finding out who she'd been paired up with she banged her head on the wall and said 'I wanted tall dark and handsome'. Well he probably wanted pre-menopausal, but hey ho. I think they may have been evicted by now, because there's another episode I haven't seen yet.
All in all, it's pretty much unrecognisable as 'our' big brother, but there is still a little kernel of Big Brotherness in there, and it has it's own merits. The people seem less human, and thinner, but that's just their culture. I'm sure they're alright really.
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To be absolutely fair, the guy the 'older' woman was paired with looks like a psycho! Plus he kept calling her "ma", and in the second episode he called disabled kids "retards". The funny thing they got on quite well in one of the tasks in the second episode, they might surprise us yet! I'm liking this American Big Bro series, though it's a bit of a swizz as it's clearly not a house but a studio!
- JoTV
I've seen the 'retard' episode now- what a knob that guy is. He works with them, so he can call them what he wants? His eyes are terrifying. I wish they'd gone instead of the christian psychos. Although they both really annoyed me, stirring up trouble for nothing. The whole thing seems almost entirely fake.
What's weird is all the twists are already either out in the open or cut short - the couple's secret is already out of the bag and the paired-up exes are gone. I'm glad they went instead of "ma" and the psycho - the male ex was ridiculously dim, it's more interesting to see the other two slowly learning to put up with eachother. Having a psycho in the house is always fun too.
- JoTV
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